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Orlando Pirates 4-1 AmaZulu - February 23, 2019 / ABSA Premiership 2018/2019

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ABSA Premiership 2018/2019 - Round 21

Johannesburg Stadium - Johannesburg - South Africa

February 23, 2019

9 000

4 - 1

AmaZulu

Assist by Maliele Pule (left foot) Kudakwashe Mahachi

21'

(left foot) Luvuyo Memela

41'

Assist by Thembinkosi Lorch (right foot) Justin Shonga

45'

Assist by Musa Nyatama (right foot) Ben Motshwari

84'

18'

Jabulani Ncobeni (right foot) Assist by Michael Morton

logo Orlando Pirates OP

18' - Goal Jabulani Ncobeni

21' - Goal Kudakwashe Mahachi21

41' - Goal Luvuyo Memela41

45' - Goal Justin Shonga45

45' - Yellow card Thembela Sikhakhane

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46' - Substitution Phumlani Gumedeis substituted by Tshepo Gumede

51' - Substitution Siyethemba Sithebeis substituted by Samuel Darpoh

56' - Yellow card Samuel Darpoh

59' - Yellow card Mbongeni Gumede

62' - Substitution Luvuyo Memelais substituted by Augustine Mulenga62

65' - Substitution Maliele Puleis substituted by Asavela Mbekile65

70' - Substitution Thembela Sikhakhaneis substituted by Augustine Ramphele

72' - Yellow card Kudakwashe Mahachi72

75' - Substitution Kudakwashe Mahachiis substituted by Mpho Makola75

84' - Goal Ben Motshwari84

88' - Yellow card Tapelo Xoki

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Orlando Pirates

4 - 1

AmaZulu

Orlando Pirates AmaZulu

Team line-ups

Orlando Pirates

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

3Lorch

Thembinkosi Lorch

South Africa

B.date22/07/1993

Age25 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

11Memela4162

Luvuyo Memela

South Africa

B.date18/09/1987

Age31 years

H1m67

positionLeft Winger

14Nyatama

Musa Nyatama

South Africa

B.date15/08/1987

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

27Motshwari84

Ben Motshwari

South Africa

B.date21/03/1991

Age27 years

H1m72

positionMidfield

7Mahachi217572

Kudakwashe Mahachi

Zimbabwe

B.date29/09/1993

Age25 years

H1m65

positionLeft Winger

45Pule65

Maliele Pule

South Africa

B.date10/03/1992

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

21Ndengane

Alfred Ndengane

South Africa

B.date19/01/1987

Age32 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

23Maela

Innocent Maela

South Africa

B.date14/08/1992

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

33Munetsi

Marshall Munetsi

Zimbabwe

B.date22/06/1996

Age22 years

H1m87

positionBox-to-box midfielder

30Sandilands

Wayne Sandilands

South Africa

B.date23/08/1983

Age35 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
30	G	Wayne Sandilands		35	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Alfred Ndengane		32	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Innocent Maela		26	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Ben Motshwari	84	27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Marshall Munetsi		22	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Musa Nyatama		31	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
45	D	Maliele Pule	65	26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	M	Thembinkosi Lorch		25	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Kudakwashe Mahachi	217572	25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Luvuyo Memela	4162	31	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

AmaZulu

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Ntuli

Bongi Ntuli

South Africa

B.date28/03/1991

Age27 years

H1m80

positionForward

8Ncobeni18

Jabulani Ncobeni

South Africa

B.date18/12/1992

Age26 years

H1m68

positionOffensive Midfielder

14Sithebe51

Siyethemba Sithebe

South Africa

B.date06/01/1993

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

19Chawapiwa

Talent Chawapiwa

Zimbabwe

B.date03/06/1992

Age26 years

positionMidfield

4Morton

Michael Morton

South Africa

B.date07/03/1989

Age29 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

50Vilakazi

Nhlanhla Vilakazi

South Africa

B.date30/11/1985

Age33 years

H1m59

positionLeft full-back

17M. Gumede59

Mbongeni Gumede

South Africa

B.date11/09/1993

Age25 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

25P. Gumede46

Phumlani Gumede

South Africa

B.date23/06/1993

Age25 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

27Xoki88

Tapelo Xoki

South Africa

B.date10/04/1995

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

24Sikhakhane7045

Thembela Sikhakhane

South Africa

B.date24/01/1993

Age26 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

28Mbatha

Siyabonga Mbatha

South Africa

B.date04/02/1989

Age30 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
28	G	Siyabonga Mbatha		30	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Phumlani Gumede	46	25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Tapelo Xoki	88	23	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Thembela Sikhakhane	7045	26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
50	M	Nhlanhla Vilakazi		33	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Mbongeni Gumede	59	25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Michael Morton		29	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Talent Chawapiwa		26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Siyethemba Sithebe	51	26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Jabulani Ncobeni	18	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Bongi Ntuli		27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
40	G	Siyabonga Mpontshane		32
36	D	Caio Marcelo		20
37	D	Asavela Mbekile	65	32	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Xola Mlambo		27
5	M	Mpho Makola	75	32	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Augustine Mulenga	62	29	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	F	Thamsanqa Gabuza		31

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Moeneeb Josephs		38
23	D	Tshepo Gumede	46	27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Marc van Heerden		30
33	M	Samuel Darpoh	5156	20	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Sphesihle Maduna		19
22	F	Augustine Ramphele	70	25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
45	F	Somila Ntsundwana		22

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Marshall Munetsi

Xola Mlambo

OUT

Kudakwashe Mahachi

Happy Jele

OUT

Luvuyo Memela

Abbubaker Mobara

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Talent Chawapiwa

Ovidy Karuru

OUT

Bongi Ntuli

Samuel Darpoh

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Milutin Sredojevic

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Sredojevic vs AmaZulu

4 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2019

Sredojevic vs Johnson

3 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2019

Manager

Age

Match num

Cavin Johnson

Allan Clark

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Johnson vs Orlando Pirates

3 victories

7 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 2019

Johnson vs Sredojevic

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 2019

Referee

Phillip Tinyani

7 victories	9 draws	7 losses	Orlando Pirates23 matches	General total	AmaZulu26 matches	7 victories	8 draws	11 losses
2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Orlando Pirates3 matches	Season total	AmaZulu5 matches	1 victory	0 draw	4 losses
Latest figure on April 15, 2021					Latest figure on June 05, 2021

Videos

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Key figures

Orlando Pirates keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored vs AmaZulu in Premier Soccer League running (since 23/01/2014). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 10/02/2010 (3 matches)

It's the first time Justin Shonga scores 1 goal vs AmaZulu in Premier Soccer League

AmaZulu keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 25/04/2018). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 03/11/2007-05/12/2008 time period (16 matches).

Read the next 24 key stats

General ranking

	1	Bidvest Wits	38 pts	21 rd
+1	2	Orlando Pirates	36 pts	21 rd
-1	3	Mamelodi Sundowns	36 pts	19 rd
+1	4	Cape Town City	33 pts	20 rd
-1	5	SuperSport United	32 pts	21 rd

General ranking

	9	Highlands Park	25 pts	20 rd
	10	Golden Arrows	25 pts	21 rd
	11	AmaZulu	23 pts	21 rd
+2	12	Baroka FC	21 pts	21 rd
-1	13	Chippa United	20 pts	21 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DOrlando Pirates 0-0 Maritzburg United01/12/2018

DOrlando Pirates 0-0 African Stars15/12/2018

VOrlando Pirates 4-2 Chippa United08/01/2019

VOrlando Pirates 3-0 Horoya AC18/01/2019

DOrlando Pirates 1-1 Baroka FC22/01/2019

DOrlando Pirates 0-0 ES Tunis02/02/2019

Overall

DOrlando Pirates 1-1 Baroka FC22/01/2019

DBlack Leopards 1-1 Orlando Pirates26/01/2019

DOrlando Pirates 0-0 ES Tunis02/02/2019

DKaizer Chiefs 1-1 Orlando Pirates09/02/2019

LES Tunis 2-0 Orlando Pirates12/02/2019

LSuperSport United 1-0 Orlando Pirates20/02/2019

Current form

Away

LCape Town City 3-0 AmaZulu27/10/2018

VHighlands Park 1-2 AmaZulu27/11/2018

VChippa United 0-1 AmaZulu30/11/2018

LBlack Leopards 3-1 AmaZulu15/12/2018

LPolokwane City 3-2 AmaZulu05/01/2019

VMamelodi Sundowns 0-2 AmaZulu29/01/2019

Overall

LPolokwane City 3-2 AmaZulu05/01/2019

DAmaZulu 0-0 Highlands Park12/01/2019

LAmaZulu 2-3 Kaizer Chiefs16/01/2019

DAmaZulu 1-1 Highlands Park25/01/2019

VMamelodi Sundowns 0-2 AmaZulu29/01/2019

VAmaZulu 1-0 Cape Town City09/02/2019

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	12	0
Winless streak	2	6
Drawless streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	3
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	11	2
Scoring streak	5	4
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	11
9	General ranking (Home / Away)	12
470	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	759
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	7

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	20
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
8	Victories (Competition total)	8
3	Victories (Home / Away)	3
9	Draws (Competition total)	5
5	Draws (Home / Away)	0
3	Losses (Competition total)	7
1	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.35	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.15
1.44	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.89
0.95	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.78

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (2 times)

Bookings

33	Yellow cards (Competition total)	36
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	19
2	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Maliele Pule	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Bongi Ntuli
Maliele Pule	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Bongi Ntuli
Maliele Pule	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Emiliano Tade
Maliele Pule	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Augustine Mulenga	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Jabulani Ncobeni
Augustine Mulenga	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Phumlani Gumede
Thembinkosi Lorch	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 7 matches	Bongi Ntuli

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

9 v

5 d

1 l

22 gf

9 ga

Away

18 matches

6 v

9 d

3 l

23 gf

16 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

34 matches

15 v

14 d

5 l

45 gf

26 ga

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

3 v

9 d

6 l

16 gf

23 ga

Away

15 matches

1 v

5 d

9 l

9 gf

22 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

34 matches

5 v

14 d

15 l

26 gf

45 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 21, 2002
Home	4 - 1	May 18, 2008

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	August 08, 2013
Away	1 - 0	August 08, 2013

Latest head to head

November 03, 2018 - Telkom Knockout 2018

AmaZulu

1 - 3

Orlando Pirates logo Orlando Pirates

October 06, 2018 - ABSA Premiership 2018/2019

AmaZulu

1 - 1

Orlando Pirates logo Orlando Pirates

April 15, 2018 - ABSA Premiership 2017/2018

AmaZulu

1 - 2

Orlando Pirates logo Orlando Pirates

December 09, 2017 - ABSA Premiership 2017/2018

Orlando Pirates

1 - 1

AmaZulu

February 11, 2015 - ABSA Premiership 2014/2015

AmaZulu

1 - 2

Orlando Pirates logo Orlando Pirates

Best historical scorers against AmaZulu

Thulasizwe Mbuyane	2 goals	2009 - 2009
Katlego Mashego	2 goals	2009 - 2009
Thembinkosi Lorch	2 goals	2018 - 2018
Ntsikelelo Nyauza	1 goal	2017 - 2017
Musa Nyatama	1 goal	2018 - 2018
Lucky Lekgwathi	1 goal	2010 - 2010

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/05/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Orlando Pirates

Bradley Ritson	2 goals	2009 - 2009
Bongani Ndulula	2 goals	2013 - 2014
Mbulelo Mabizela	1 goal	2015 - 2015
Emiliano Tade	1 goal	2018 - 2018
Bongi Ntuli	1 goal	2018 - 2018
Carlington Nyadombo	1 goal	2014 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/05/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs AmaZulu

Happy Jele	12 matches	2008 - 2018
Rooi Mahamutsa	9 matches	2008 - 2014
Oupa Manyisa	9 matches	2011 - 2015
Lucky Lekgwathi	9 matches	2009 - 2014
Thabo Matlaba	8 matches	2012 - 2018
Moeneeb Josephs	7 matches	2008 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/12/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Orlando Pirates

Marc van Heerden	12 matches	2008 - 2018
Goodman Dlamini	12 matches	2008 - 2015
Ayanda Dlamini	10 matches	2009 - 2015
Bukasa Belux Kasonga	7 matches	2009 - 2012
Carlington Nyadombo	7 matches	2010 - 2015
Thamsanqa Teyise	5 matches	2011 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/12/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Moeneeb Josephs

124 matches

6 matches

2008 - 2018

Lehlehonolo Majoro

61 matches

27 matches

2010 - 2016

Bongani Ndulula

27 matches

65 matches

2011 - 2015

Robyn Johannes

18 matches

25 matches

2010 - 2015

Thembela Sikhakhane

14 matches

36 matches

2016 - 2019

Marc van Heerden

9 matches

143 matches

2008 - 2019

Total : 11 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Marc van Heerden

9 matches

143 matches

2008 - 2019

Bongani Ndulula

27 matches

65 matches

2011 - 2015

Thamsanqa Sangweni

3 matches

54 matches

2009 - 2017

Mbongeni Gumede

3 matches

48 matches

2013 - 2019

Njabulo Manqana

2 matches

46 matches

2012 - 2014

Nkosinathi Mthiyane

1 match

40 matches

2013 - 2017

Total : 11 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

February 22, 2019

Chippa United

1 1

Golden Arrows

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February 23, 2019

Line-ups available

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February 24, 2019

Line-ups available

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Bidvest Wits	38	21	11	5	5	30	18	+12
+12	Orlando Pirates	36	21	9	9	3	31	20	+11
-13	Mamelodi Sundowns	36	19	9	9	1	24	13	+11
+14	Cape Town City	33	20	9	6	5	32	24	+8
-15	SuperSport United	32	21	9	5	7	22	20	+2
+16	Kaizer Chiefs	29	21	7	8	6	25	20	+5
-17	Bloemfontein Celtic	29	20	8	5	7	23	21	+2
8	Polokwane City	29	20	7	8	5	25	24	+1
9	Highlands Park	25	20	5	10	5	24	23	+1
10	Golden Arrows	25	21	5	10	6	21	22	-1
11	AmaZulu	23	21	8	5	8	24	28	-4
+212	Baroka FC	21	21	4	9	8	18	23	-5
-113	Chippa United	20	21	4	8	9	17	23	-6
-114	Black Leopards	20	19	5	5	9	18	28	-10
15	Free State Stars	16	19	4	4	11	15	31	-16
16	Maritzburg United	14	21	2	8	11	11	22	-11

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Orlando Pirates 4-1 AmaZulu - February 23, 2019 / ABSA Premiership 2018/2019

Orlando Pirates

4 - 1

AmaZulu

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Sredojevic vs AmaZulu

Sredojevic vs Johnson

Manager

Johnson vs Orlando Pirates

Johnson vs Sredojevic

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against AmaZulu

Best historical scorers against Orlando Pirates

Players with most games played vs AmaZulu

Players with most games played vs Orlando Pirates

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking